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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7069852 | Stamp and device for receiving an inking pad A device comprising: a holding fixture (23) for a carrier device (5) of a stamp pad (40, in particular for a stamp (1) with a pivotable printing plate carrier (8), in which a shaft (20) with an approximately rectangular cros... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7024994 | Hand stamp with locking ribs A hand stamp is disclosed. The hand stamp comprises a frame including dove-tailed ribs which flare outwardly along at least one side thereof. The dove-tailed ribs of the frame are arranged within corresponding shaped grooves of a case, thus obtaining secure mounting... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6948257 | Marking device with self-hinged contact plate and marking members A marking device is disclosed to enable the placement of an indicator mark on one side of a sheet of material to mark the approximate periphery of a stationary object. The device consists of a base containing multiple marking members with a marking surface raised ab... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945172 | Housing assembly for a self-inking stamp A housing assembly for a self-inking stamp includes a movable case, two pressing keepers and a protective film. The movable case has two opposite sides and two keeper mounting holes respectively defined through the sides of the movable case and aligned with each oth... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935231 | Stamp A stamp, comprising a stamping case; a rail provided inside said stamping case, having a locus of making a U-turn on a stamping surface of a stamp; and a strip belt for sliding along said rail by being engaged with the rail, attached a plurality of stamping surfaces... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931989 | Print characters selector of printing endless band in printer and printer of printing endless bands A device for selecting print characters of endless printing bands in a printer that, when restricting the rotation of endless printing bands for preventing fouling of display characters, can avoid excessive rotational force from acting on the endless printing bands ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6857360 | Printer with type-bearing printing bands A printer (15) for hand-labeling devices (1) has printing bands (57) bearing print types (17). Each band is positively guided around a selector wheel (53) and around a counter-pressure element (55) spaced apart from the whee... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6834584 | Pocket hand stamp A compact hand stamp is disclosed. The hand stamp may include a platen and corresponding marking structure that can be moved between a rest position, where a design on the marking structure is remote from a surface to be imprinted and is arranged at an angle of abou... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6698344 | Self-inking hand stamp A self-inking hand stamp with upper stroke inking. The stamp (1) comprises a supporting plate (5) for fixed stamp characters (7), and this supporting plate has a central aperture (8) in which further stamp characters (9) provided on a separate, supporting... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6216588 | Character wheel and method of manufacturing same, and character wheel band and ring usable for character wheel and method of manufacturing same A character wheel, particularly for a numbering machine, comprises a character wheel disc having a plurality of printing portion mounting surfaces formed at an interval from each other in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of the c... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5992312 | Self-inking stamp with settable and fixed stamp characters There is disclosed a self-inking stamp having a pivotable character unit including fixed stamp characters arranged on a supporting plate and settable stamp units arranged on at least one loop-shaped character band, the loop-shaped character band being gui... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5950535 | Self-inking stamp with fixed stamp plate and adjustable stamp portion There is disclosed a self-inking stamp having a pivotable character unit including fixed stamp characters arranged on a supporting plate and settable stamp characters arranged on at least one loop-shaped character band, the loop-shaped character band bein... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5850787 | Stamping device A stamping device with top inking has a frame (6) that receives a stamp (3) guided in lateral parts (6') of the frame and capable of being moved by a pivoting mechanism (5,7,8) between an ink-receiving position in which the stamp is in contact with an ink... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5718169 | Self-inking stamp There is disclosed a self-inking stamp having a pivotable character unit including fixed stamp characters arranged on a supporting plate and settable stamp units arranged on at least one loop-shaped character band, the loop-shaped character band being gui... | 02/17/1998 |
| 4951565 | Printing mechanism with torque limiting detent elements on actuating knob A printing mechanism is described having a plurality of type carriers (12, 34) which at their outer peripheral face carry in one region printing types and in another region indicator types (44). The printing types can be brought by turning the type carrie... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4850273 | Hand or production printer or the like A printer is disclosed for marking packages or objects having a printing drum, which is carried by a return mechanism, with an ink supply for applying ink to the printing drum. The return mechanism includes a base plate which is rotatable about a central ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4843960 | Type carrier set for a stamp printing mechanism and method for assembling a stamp printing mechanism using such a type A type carrier set (10) for a stamp printing mechanism is described which comprises a plurality of type carriers (12) which carry print types (22) at their outer surface in consecutive fields (16). The type carriers (12) are disposed parallel adjacent eac... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4838158 | Self-inking article marking device An apparatus for marking an article has a frame within which a printing carriage is rotatably mounted. The carriage has two fulcrum assemblies which slide in channels on the frame. A drive mechanism moves the carriage from a marking position to a position... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4802409 | Printing mechanism with torque limiting detent elements on actuating knob A printing mechanism is described comprising a plurality of type carriers (12, 34) which on their outer peripheral face carry in one region printing types and in another region indicator types (44). The printing types can be brought into a printing positi... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4726290 | Printing band, in particular for price marking devices An endless printing band (1) consists preferably of rubber or synthetic rubber and in its production is cut from a hose-like blank by cuts extending along its edge. Said printing band (1) has in the one region of its outer side visually readable character... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4694745 | Printed band, in particular for price marking devices An endless printing band (1) consists preferably of rubber or synthetic rubber and in its production is cut from a hose-like blank by cuts extending along its edge. Said printing band (1) has in the one region of its outer side visually readable character... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4679500 | Printer with plural endless bands and stop means therefor A printing mechanism (10) includes a plurality of setting wheels (16) which are rotatably mounted about a common axis and with which endless printing bands (20) are in drive connection which carry in a region of their length at the outer surface printing ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4662276 | Printing mechanism with knob attached via slip coupling A printing mechanism (10) is descirbed which comprises a plurality of setting wheels (16) rotatably mounted on a common axis. With these settings wheels (16) type carriers (20) carrying printing types in one peripheral region and indicator types in anothe... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4611537 | Print head There is disclosed a printing band print head having a one-piece, dimensionally accurate, mounting block with integral end plates, the mounting block having a cradle for rotatably supporting drive wheels, printing bands with long printing characters and s... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4603628 | Self-inking stamp with adjustable printing members A self-inking stamping device of the type which inverts as it travels between inking and printing positions upon movement of an actuating member. A stamping insert is pivoted on the actuating member and comprises a frame which is provided with a fixed pri... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4586432 | Setting means for printer with plural endless bands A printing mechanism is described which comprises a plurality of setting wheels (16) mounted coaxially on a sleeve (28). With the setting wheels type bands (20) carrying printing types (22) are in a drive connection. In the sleeve (28) a setting shaft (42... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4584938 | Print head There is disclosed a printing band print head having a one-piece, dimensionally accurate, mounting block with integral end plates, the mounting block having a cradle for rotatably supporting drive wheels, printing bands with long printing characters and s... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4583457 | Printer with plural endless bands and setting means therefore The invention relates to a printing mechanism comprising a plurality of setting wheels (16) which are mounted coaxially on a sleeve (28) and with which type carriers (20) carrying printing types (22) are in a drive connection. In the sleeve (20) a setting... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4524686 | Print head and method of making same There is disclosed a print head and method of making same, in which the print head has spaced first and second side plates connected by guide members. The side plates support mounting blocks which mount drive wheels for printing bands. The mounting blocks... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4510862 | Disposable strip assembly and retention device for a line printer A strip assembly for a printing device having an endless type band frictionally driven by drive and idler pulleys between print hammers and a platen comprises a wear strip and wiper strip attached together at a common end. The wiper strip has a wiper port... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4337698 | Endless printing band A set of flexible endless printing bands are arranged in two rows spaced in tandem relation for simultaneously printing two lines of characters. Each band in each row is supported by a corresponding indexing gear which includes a thin flange portion proje... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4334470 | Print head with endless bands and spacer There is disclosed a print head for printing two lines of data. Relatively thin spacers separate adjacent drive wheels and adjacent portions of the printing bands. A relatively thick spacer is disposed adjacent sets of printing bands of at least one line ... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4284004 | Type character selecting mechanism for printing head A type character selecting mechanism for use in a printing head which is equipped with a plurality of juxtaposed endless bands bearing type characters on their outer surfaces. The mechanism includes a plurality of juxtaposed selecting gears engageable wit... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4259901 | Guide for imprinting bottle tops A truncated cone shaped guide extends downwardly from the imprinter of a conventional price marking stamp for guiding and locating the imprinter upon the top surface of a bottle cap.... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4226180 | Type separator in a hammer actuated printer The present invention is directed to a hammer actuated printer comprising a printing drum, a plurality of type carrying belts secured around the printing drum, and a plurality of hammers for depressing a paper toward a selected type carried on the type ca... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4209551 | Method of fabricating a phosphor screen of a color television picture tube A method for manufacturing a phosphor screen for a color picture tube is disclosed which comprises the steps of transferring an ink pattern contained on an intaglio having a surface comprising ink receiving portions with a depth of 10μ or more, said ink ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4176604 | Apparatus for printing a label on a web This invention relates to an apparatus for printing labels in spaced relation on a continuous moving web which apparatus includes a printing roller, a wick supplying ink to the roller and a spring plate member underlying the wick pressing the same against... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4170938 | Printing head for label printing machine A multi-line printing head for being mounted on a portable label printing machine, or the like: The printing head comprises printing devices and a housing for detachably supporting the printing devices; each printing device comprises: a pair of elongated ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4163422 | Print head There is disclosed a compact print head utilizing printing bands, coaxial drive wheels, a single selector for the drive wheels and support structure by which two or more lines of data can be printed on a record or other suitable surface.... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4064802 | Rotary stamp A rotary stamp comprises an upper frame including printing members formed on endless belts and a lower frame including another printing member and when the upper frame is pressed down, the printing members of the endless belts are located on a plane commo... | 12/27/1977 |
